WOW Academy, a division of WebYoda, came into its own in 2003, but the story behind
WOW Academy started in late 1995, just 2 years after the first Web browser program was
available to the public, when there were only 623 websites in the world. Today there
are over 1 billion websites worldwide, and we have been there for the entire ride.
Below is a brief history of how WOW Academy came to be.

November 1995David Lowe, along with Barry McConnell, Director of Computer Training for Florida State University, started the first webmaster certification program in the country at Florida State University.

July 1996WebYoda was established with one purpose in mind: to train aspiring webmasters to build visually appealing websites that load quickly, navigate easily, and that are accessibility-friendly.

November 1996WebYoda developed first generation webmaster courses that were used to set up the first University Webmaster Certification program in the country at Florida State University.

October 1997WebYoda went online providing web professional training materials and certification. This was the first nationally recognized webmaster certification available to aspiring web professionals and is still setting the standard today.

June 1998The second generation of webmaster courses were developed, which were distributed to training centers nationally and as far away as Jakarta, Indonesia.

January 8, 1999WebYoda was incorporate as WebYoda, Inc.

February 1999WebYoda started WebmasterCertification.com, the first website to offer online web professional training, assessment, and certification.

July 2000WebYoda became a World Organization of Webmasters Education Alliance partner and worked closely with the World Organization of Webmasters to define the webmaster certification standard.

January 2003WebYoda began construction on WOW Academy, WebYoda's Online Webmaster (WOW) academy, with the goal of providing a turn-key solution for K-12 schools and colleges looking to provide webmaster certification options for their students.

January 2004WebYoda deployed the first WOW Academy at Central Carolina Community College in North Carolina.

March of 2004WOWacademy.com went live to provide training, assessment, and certification for online students looking to get webmaster certified.

May 2005WOW Academy and WebmasterCertification.com merged to be the first website to offer online and in classroom web professional training, assessment, and certification.

January 2006WOW Academy deployed its third generation of webmaster courses and added three webmaster assessment exams.

March 2007WOW Academy became webmaster certification neutral to meet the needs of all aspiring webmasters and training centers.

July 2008WOW Academy renewed its partnership with Honolulu Community College to offer online webmaster training courses.